Ministry of Women and Child Development
Sex Ratio at Birth
Sample survey of births and deaths known as Sample Registration System  is being carried out on continuous basis by the Office of the Registrar General, India in randomly selected villages and urban blocks spread throughout the country. The main objective of the survey is to provide annual reliable estimates of infant mortality, birth and death rates at the state and national levels. The Sex ratio at birth is defined as the number of female births per 1000 male birth. The estimates of Sex ratio at birth under SRS are derived by pooling the data for three years on moving average basis. The data on Sex ratio at birth  in urban regions, India and bigger States/UTs, 2013-15 to 2017-19 is at Annexure-I
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao  Scheme aims to address declining Child Sex Ratio  and related issues of empowerment of girls and women over a life cycle continuum. The objectives of the scheme are, to prevent gender biased sex selective elimination, to ensure survival and development of the girl child and to ensure education and participation of the girl child. The scheme has been expanded to cover all the districts of the country through multi-sectoral interventions.
As per the latest 5th report of National Family Health Survey  of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare the sex ratio of total population  is 1020 for the country as a whole, with sex ratio rural at 1037 and sex ratio urban at 985.
The Government of India has enacted a comprehensive legislation, the Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques   Act in 1994, for prohibition of sex selection, before and after conception and for regulation of prenatal diagnostic techniques.
Annexure-I
Sex ratio at birth  by residence, India and bigger States/UTs, 2013-15 to 2017-19
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India and
bigger States/Uts
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Total
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Rural
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Urban
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2013-15
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2014-16
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2015-17
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2016-18
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2017-19
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2012-14
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2013-15
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2014-16
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2015-17
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2017-19
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2012-14
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2013-15
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2014-16
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2015-17
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2017-19
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India
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900
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|
898
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896
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|
899
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|
904
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903
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902
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898
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|
900
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|
904
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|
890
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|
888
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|
890
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|
897
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|
906
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Andhra Pradesh
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|
918
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|
913
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|
916
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|
920
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|
931
|
|
933
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|
923
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|
928
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|
930
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|
938
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|
885
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|
888
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|
885
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|
898
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|
917
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|
Assam
|
|
900
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|
896
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|
915
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|
925
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928
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|
902
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|
898
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|
918
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|
927
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|
929
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|
876
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880
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891
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905
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|
918
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Bihar
|
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916
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908
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|
900
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|
895
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|
894
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|
921
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|
912
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|
904
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|
896
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|
893
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|
870
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|
871
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|
865
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883
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902
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Chhattisgarh
|
|
961
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963
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|
961
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|
958
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956
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987
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|
995
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|
985
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|
976
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|
972
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|
839
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833
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862
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881
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891
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Delhi
|
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869
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857
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850
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844
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|
865
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|
909
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917
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|
926
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|
960
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|
953
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866
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|
856
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848
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|
841
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862
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Gujarat
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854
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|
848
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855
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866
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870
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871
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|
867
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|
865
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|
866
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863
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|
826
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|
820
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838
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|
865
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881
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Haryana
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831
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|
832
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833
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|
843
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865
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|
836
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|
835
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|
828
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|
840
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862
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821
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|
824
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|
844
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847
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871
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Himachal Pradesh
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924
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917
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918
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930
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949
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|
929
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|
921
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|
920
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|
932
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|
951
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844
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|
852
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|
878
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|
891
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902
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Jammu & Kashmir
|
|
899
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|
906
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|
917
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|
927
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|
918
|
|
895
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|
903
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|
919
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|
930
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|
920
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|
915
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|
919
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|
910
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|
917
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|
915
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|
Jharkhand
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|
902
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|
918
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|
916
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|
923
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|
916
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|
914
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|
927
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|
927
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|
932
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|
920
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|
852
|
|
882
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|
876
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|
888
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|
902
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Karnataka
|
|
939
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|
935
|
|
929
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|
924
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|
915
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|
967
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|
965
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|
958
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|
949
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|
941
|
|
887
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|
883
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|
879
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|
881
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|
873
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|
Kerala
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|
967
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|
959
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|
948
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|
957
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|
968
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|
978
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|
972
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|
965
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|
967
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|
980
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|
950
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|
946
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|
931
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|
947
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|
955
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Madhya Pradesh
|
|
919
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|
922
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|
916
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|
925
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|
927
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|
911
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|
913
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|
908
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|
914
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|
915
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|
954
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|
957
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|
950
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|
968
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|
973
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|
Maharashtra
|
|
878
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|
876
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|
881
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|
880
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|
881
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|
871
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|
872
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|
886
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|
878
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|
884
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|
890
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|
882
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|
875
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|
881
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|
877
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|
Odisha
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|
950
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|
948
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|
938
|
|
933
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|
931
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|
961
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|
959
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|
946
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|
940
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|
935
|
|
869
|
|
871
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|
881
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|
891
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|
907
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Punjab
|
|
889
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|
893
|
|
886
|
|
890
|
|
891
|
|
869
|
|
876
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|
874
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|
878
|
|
874
|
|
924
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|
921
|
|
905
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|
908
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|
918
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|
Rajasthan
|
|
861
|
|
857
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|
856
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|
871
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|
879
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|
867
|
|
862
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|
858
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|
874
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|
882
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|
840
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|
838
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|
851
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|
860
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|
869
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|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
911
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|
915
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|
907
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|
908
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|
915
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|
920
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|
926
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|
919
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|
913
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|
913
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|
901
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|
903
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|
896
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|
903
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|
918
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|
Telangana
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||
|
901
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|
897
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|
901
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|
899
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||
|
940
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|
922
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|
918
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|
912
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||
|
841
|
|
859
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|
875
|
|
879
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|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
879
|
|
882
|
|
878
|
|
880
|
|
894
|
|
869
|
|
871
|
|
862
|
|
865
|
|
881
|
|
923
|
|
923
|
|
938
|
|
934
|
|
943
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
844
|
|
850
|
|
841
|
|
840
|
|
848
|
|
850
|
|
857
|
|
849
|
|
851
|
|
862
|
|
828
|
|
832
|
|
816
|
|
810
|
|
812
|
|
West Bengal
|
|
951
|
|
937
|
|
939
|
|
941
|
|
944
|
|
953
|
|
938
|
|
943
|
|
947
|
|
948
|
|
944
|
|
932
|
|
925
|
|
923
|
|
928Included in Andhra Pradesh